WA707atMSP From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2059 posts, RR: 12 Reply 1, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 2303 times:
Quoting DID747 (Thread starter): it seems these planes were used to Florida too, but when exactly and what were the frequencies? any info?
Continental did not have authority to serve Florida until 1976. If they visited Florida, it would have been on a charter.
CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2249 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 2287 times:
Quoting WA707atMSP (Reply 1): Continental did not have authority to serve Florida until 1976. If they visited Florida, it would have been on a charter.
Agreed. Here is their route map from October 31, 1971:
DID747 From France, joined Apr 2005, 400 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2237 times:
I read somewhere, but where, Continental flew to Orlando with the early 747-124. I will try to find.
WA707atMSP and Citationjet; do you know if they started Chicago-Denver-Los Angeles-Honolulu in 1970 or only Chicago-Los Angeles-Honolulu and they added Denver on the route later?
CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2249 posts, RR: 3 Reply 4, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 2109 times:
Quoting DID747 (Reply 3): Citationjet; do you know if they started Chicago-Denver-Los Angeles-Honolulu in 1970 or only Chicago-Los Angeles-Honolulu and they added Denver on the route later?
Don't know if DEN was started in 1970. Here is a link to the October 31, 1971 timetable that shows 747 service (bold flights) to LAX and ORD from DEN. Page 32 of the timetable says that bold indicates 747 service on at least one segment.
DID747, see the following thread. I believe you answered in Reply #20 the question you are now asking. You stated in Reply #20 that "The original route in 1970 was Chicago-Denver-Los-Angeles Honolulu ."
Continental's 747 Fleet (by mozart Feb 24 2010 in Civil Aviation)?threadid=4724732&searchid=4725447&s=continental+747#ID4725447
kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11996 posts, RR: 36 Reply 5, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 1810 times:
I happen to have a 1971 OAG to hand and here are a few of the CO 747 flights
CO 617 LAX-DEN-ORD (FrSu only)
CO 602 HNL-LAX-DEN
CO 606 HNL-LAX-ORD
CO 615 ORD-DEN
CO 617/619 ORD-DEN
There may be a few more, but at this time of night, I can't find them!
I also recall reading some of the load factors for around this period; CO's LF for the 747 around this time was around the mid 30s! Great for passengers ... less good for airlines. Other 747 operators like DL and NW fared little better.
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